Why Trump, MAGA and Fetterman say correspondents’ dinner shooting seals the deal for $400M White House ballroom ^66.2%

The Independent - By John Bowden - 4/26/2026, 3:05 PM

Negativity Bias 28.4% - Appeal to Emotion 19.6% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 19.3%

The president of the United States, his MAGA allies, and even a Senate Democrat pressed the case for his $400 million White House ballroom construction in the hours after a shooting at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner left nearly the entire Cabinet and DC press corps ducking for cover minutes into the event. For months, the... more